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Halo World Championship will have record-breaking prize pool

The prize pool for the Halo World Championship has been locked in at $2.5 million, with the first placed team set to take home a total of $1 million - the largest individual prize pool in console eSports history.

When the tournament was first announced at Gamescom 2015, the prize pool stood at $1 million. However, Microsoft pledged to add a portion of any income made off the back of Halo 5's REQ Pack sales to the kitty.

In November last year developer 343 revealed $500,000 had been added as a result of those microtransactions, and now it seems an extra $1 million has been raised by the Halo 5 community.